El Principito, capítulo XXIII (Antoine De Saint- Exupéry)
Buenos días –dijo el principito.
-Buenos días-dijo el mercader.
Era un mercader de píldoras perfeccio- nadas que aplacan la sed. Se toma una por semana y no se siente más la necesidad de beber.
-¿Por qué vendes eso?- dijo el principito.
-Es una gran economía de tiempo- dijo el mercader-. Los expertos han hecho cálculos. Se ahorran cincuenta y tres minutos por semana.
-Y, ¿Qué se hace con esos cincuenta y tres minutos?
- Se hace lo que se quiere…
“Yo, se dijo el principito, si tuviera cincuenta y tres minutos para gastar, caminaría muy suavemente hacia una fuente…”
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The litle prince, chapter XXIII (Antoine De Saint- Exupéry)
"Good morning," said the little prince.
"Good morning," said the merchant.
This was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented to quench thirst. You only need swallow one pill a week, and you would feel no need of anything to drink.
"Why are you selling those?" asked the little prince.
"Because they save a tremendous amount of time," said the merchant. "Computations have been made by experts. With these pills, you save fifty-three minutes in every week."
"And what do I do with those fifty-three minutes?"
"Anything you like . . ."
"As for me," said the little prince to himself, "if I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water."
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